Haiku Heights April Challenge, day 28 "clarity"

Also published for: Poets United's The Poetry Pantry

There we are again for a new day in our April Challenge of Haiku Heights. This day it's all on clarity, the prompt given by Becca Givens, clarity (in dutch helderheid) has a few synonyms for example brightness, purity and serenity. All words which I can use for today's haiku. So lets start.

bright sunlight

reflects on the white wall

shadows moving

shadows moving

making my kids anxious

I caress them

I caress them

in their purity and serenity

my adult kids

my adult kids

standing in our garden

bright sunlight

Haiku Heights April Challenge, day 27 "temptation"

Hello to you all dear Haiku Heights April Challengers. Another day in our challenge. Today the prompt is temptation not an easy one I think, but I have never missed a prompt (here on Haiku Heights or on other sites) so here we go for another challenging day.

what a temptation

all the wonderful people

in the mall

in the mall

gold and diamonds scintillate 

screaming "buy me, buy me"

screaming "buy me, buy me"

time of christmas shopping

what a temptation

See you next day.

Haiku Heights April Challenge, day 25 & 26, "kismet" & "melody"

Hello fellow challengers, as earlier this week I have to write contributions for two days together. So here we go to catch up.

Today's prompts "kismet" and "melody" are the themes. First I didn't know "kismet" I had never heard of it, so I had to search for the meaning. As I found "kismet" derives from Turkish and Hindu-Urdu and means fate or destiny. So I will use these for my haiku.

Day 25: "kismet" (meaning: fate or destiny)

was it my fate?

when I ran into my destiny

as a nurse

as a nurse

I am used to sadness

but at home?

but at home

I am the father of two

that's my destiny

that's my destiny

caring for the ill and my kids

was it my fate?

Day 26: "melody"

in the spring breeze

the wind chime sounds 

with every step

with every step

the melody of spring rain

follows me

follows me

the melody of a Buddhist chant

Om Mani Padme Hum

Om Mani Padme Hum

resonates in my heart and soul

in the spring breeze

Credits: Om Mani Padme Hum

I think Day 25 "kismet" isn't really a good one, but it came right from my heart. See you all tomorrow again (I hope).

Haiku Heights April Challenge, day 23 & 24 "mesmerize" and "bliss"

Well ... here I am again. I missed a day and have to catch up with all your magnificent poets. So let's go do it.

Day 23 "Mesmerize":

I didn't know the meaning of this word so I had to search for it and I found the next meaning, hypnotize, fascinate and stupefy. With only fascinate I can write a few new haiku, because that's a word I can understand and use in a sentence.

all day long

birds flying to and fro 

so fascinating

so fascinating

to see how birds build their nests

with so little

with so little

leaves, feathers and branches

they fly

they fly

to and fro

all day long

Day 24 "bliss":

Another word I didn't know the meaning of, but ... well you know what I am doing when I don't know the words.

finally spring

happiness all around

what a joy

what a joy

after the dark winter

cherry trees blooming

cherry trees blooming

waving in the soft spring breeze

this is paradise

this is paradise

birds flying to and fro

finally spring

Well I hope to see you again next day, but I don't know if I am going to make it to write a new haiku. I have to work, so I don't think I have time to write.

Haiku Heights April Challenge, day 22 "still"

For Haiku Heights April Challenge day 22:

silence

listening to the rain

this morning

this morning

the birds celebrate

a new day

a new day

has gone by

silence

See you all tomorrow

Haiku Heights April Challenge, day 21 "serendipity"

Day 21 of the Haiku Heights April Challenge is on. The prompt for today is serendipity I didn't know this word or it's meaning. So I had to search for the meaning and maybe some synonyms for it. I ran into the following meaning 'accidental discovery', (in dutch we say per ongeluk, toevallig) I found also a few synonyms for serendipity. E.g. blessing, good luck and good fortune. Well I now know the meaning of serendipity and i will try to write a few haiku with it.

a short verse

with roots in the Far East

found by accident

found by accident

a lovely short poetry form

Japanese haiku

Japanese haiku

a blessing to my writing skills

say more with less

say more with less

I fell in love with haiku

a short verse

See you tomorrow again.

Haiku Heights April Challenge, day 20 "renovation"

Today's my birthday, I am almost 50 (next year) time to renovate?

Day 20 of the Haiku Heights April Challenge. The prompt for today is renovation. What does this mean? Make old things new I think and beautiful. Is this also something for a human?

almost fifty
time to renovate?

I don't think so

I don't think so
feeling good and looking good
the years will come

the years will come
and it doesn't matter to me
I feel young

I feel young 
writing haiku, enjoy life very much
almost fifty

See you tomorrow again. For another day of the Haiku Heights April Challenge.

Haiku Heights April Challenge, day 19 "Honeybees"

Another day in haiku paradise of Haiku Heights. Today the prompt is "honeybees". This week I heard a terrible story about honeybees. All over the world they are dying in great groups. Science tries to find the reason, but 'till now they haven't found a reason for it. So today's contribution to the Haiku Heights April Challenge is a sort of memorial haiku for the Honeybees.

all over the world

honeybees are dying -

flowers never bloom again

flowers never bloom again

Mother Earth's face will be 

colorless

colorless

no more fruits to eat

all over the world

Credits: Honeybee

See you tomorrow. 

PS. They have found the cause of the increase of dying honeybees. Clicl on the subscript under the picture and read it for yourself.

Haiku Heights April Challenge, day 18 "white"

Day 18 of the Haiku Heights April Challenge is on.

white world

in just one long night

finally winter

finally winter

frosty night has carved

wonderful trees

Credits: Ice on window

wonderful trees

covered with fresh snow

crystalizing sunlight

crystalizing sunlight

the backyard covered with snow

white world

Haiku Heights April Challenge, day 17 "wonder"

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We write poems

Wonder the prompt for today. What's wonder, is it a wonder? Jesus did wonders, but what are wonders? We are living in a wonderful world. It's a miracle ...

wonderful spring

nature's coming to life

colors Mother Earth

it's a wonder

winter departed again

cherry blossoms bloom

miracles happen

in the tiniest things

daisies blooming

it's a miracle

to see how nature comes to life

every day again

See you again tomorrow.